The Social Media Site X (formerly Twitter) Is Becoming the Go-To Platform for Many I’m on several social media sites, but the one that I use the most and am the least confused by is X. I’ve grown a following, post and repost regularly, and engage a bit with my followers. X is the one […]
Distracting, Divisive, and Dangerous When I set up my first social media account, I followed a few close friends and endeavored to read every one of their posts. That didn’t last long. As the number of my connections grew, the quantity of posts soon had me feeling overwhelmed. Then I added a second platform and, […]
There are several blogs I follow; I read them whenever I can. Sometimes I just read, and other times I read and comment. Only a small percent of blog readers take time to comment. The reasons are many: too busy, a lack of confidence, not knowing what to say, fear, and so forth. There are, […]
Use Social Media as the Spokes of the Wheel and Your Website as the Hub Most telephone answering services (TASs) have a website. That’s great! But not all do. They don’t think it’s worth the modest investment and feel social media serves them quite well. I’ve even heard from services that are thinking about ditching […]
For social media, I post an excerpt from my blog posts on social media, with a link pointing back to that post on my website. Though social media platforms prefer you don’t do this, because they want to keep you on their site, I want to get people to my site. That’s what is most […]
Use Social Media to Point People Back to Your Website Some writers post new material on social media. Others repeat content from their blog. I do neither. Here’s why. Republishing the whole post isn’t a good idea because it repeats content, and search engines dismiss duplicate content. And I feel it’s too time-consuming and therefore […]
With social media posts, I always want to direct people to my website, my home base, that I own and control. This means posting a link on social media. I do that on X (formerly Twitter) (because there isn’t room for the full post) and on Facebook (because a link is all I have time […]
Share photos and videos with friends on Instagram In past months we’ve talked about a lot of social media sites, such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Goodreads, and Pinterest. Another social media platform is Instagram, a place to share pictures and videos from your smartphone (and now computer).ur As far as social media […]
YouTube Is the Second-Largest Search Engine in the World In past months we’ve talked about our presence on various social media sites. Here’s my list: X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Goodreads. Let’s connect on your platform of choice. There’s also YouTube. People gravitate to video. As a writer, I don’t so much like […]
Why Every Business Should Care about This Growing Way to Communicate For some, the mere mention of social media produces a crooked smile and lights up their eyes. To them, it’s the preferred way to communicate; they would be lost without it. Others groan and roll their eyes at the mention of social media. Some […]